Economics: Micro, Macro, and Mises, oh my!

Economics is the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services, or the material welfare of humankind.

With the free sites and videos given below, you can build a curriculum for your teen that will surpass anything the schools offer. And with regular updates to this page, your teen will enhance her learning throughout her studies, just the way education should be.

Latest Update: Dorothy Meets Emperors, Gold, and Inflation!"

I came across a website today and enjoyed the Roman history lesson, noting its similarities to America's current economic state.

Update:Why Did FDR Confiscate Gold and What Does it Have to do With Our Economy Today?

Bailout This Bank! Bailout That Bank!I came across this article and am sharing it because it describes the very first BAILOUT. Not of a bank, but of the Federal Reserve, the printer of worthless paper money.

And here's an easy-to-understand economics video about what the Federal Reserve and what it does.

News Update: Economic Moves to Save the Economy

In order for your children to have a good economic education, it should be as updated as possible. They can learn by applying their critical thinking skills articles that they read.

Your child can begin by learning about the banking system, and that will bring her back to a more traditional, if not staid and politically correct, study of economics.

Fox on Stocks

Many homeschooling parents focus on having the right curriculum and helping their children to learn the right material, but parents should also remember to dream big for their children.

Kids don't have to go to college to be successful. They do have to learn -- something or some things, but it doesn't have to be wrapped up in a college diploma. Here's a website of a 17-year-old actress who trades stocks and gives stocks advice. Click on the link to learn more about her.

Macroeconomics

This is the study of the broad and general aspects of wealth, such as the relationship between the income and the investments of a country. There are a number of websites that offer expanded definitions of parts of macroeconomics. However, in keeping with this website's goal of providing quality, practical links to free information, I suggest this one. Here is another site, which contains a unit of study on Game Theory. I think it may appeal to your teenager and perhaps even provide a different perspective from which to study the subject. Further down the page on the right-hand side is a list of additional units and topics.